Kyle & Purdy

City Island NY

Most recent update: March 22, 2020.

The predecessor of Kyle & Purdy was Purdy & Collison, who operated at Morris Heights from about 1890 until they bought the Archibald Robertson shipyard at City Island and renamed it City Island Shipbuilding. In 1910, Purdy & Collison folded and was reorganized and renamed Kyle & Purdy. The ten tugs that it built for the USSB during WWI were on a subcontract from Providence Engineering Works, which provided the engines. In 1923, Kyle & Purdy became the T. A. Kyle Shipyard and in 1927 bought out the adjacent J. P. Hawkins Shipyard and moved. The old yard then became the Lyon-Tuttle Shipyard and later Murphy Shipyard. It is now occupied by International Underwater Contractors.

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O/N Name Customer Type GT LOA Delivered Notes
Built by Purdy & Collison (City Island Shipbuilding)
203967 Virginia Alex K. Smith schooner 62 1906
Odysseus sloop 44 1906
Ailsa Craig James Craig yacht 60 1907
Nalka F. C. Havens launch 37 1907
James LeBlair launch 30 1907
Columbine C. M. Gould yacht 70 1907 later San Toy II, to USN 1917 as SP-996, returned 1919
Yaqui Louis M. Josephal yacht 91 1907
Raeo Ralph S. Townsend motor sailer 73 1908 to USN 1917 as SP-588, returned 1919, Harbor Queen, Kittiwake
205684 Gertrude IV G. W. Butts yacht 94 1908
Built by Kyle & Purdy
210311 Elmasada II Daniel Good yacht 110 1912
212123 Sapphire John D. Adams yacht 65 1914
Assistant New Orleans Pilots pilot boat 57 1914
Beth H. A. Walton launch 33 1915
Carl Stein cruiser 40 1916
Idylease G. H. Morris steamer 66 1916 to USN 1917 as SP-119, returned 1919
214777 Gadfly Robert K. Cassett houseboat 107 1917
74 Nautilus II George Barr yacht 66 1917 to USN 1917 as SP-559, returned 1919
Gloucester John H. Hammond power boat 50 1917
Cruisania John Barr yacht 49 1917
224189 No. 860 US Navy patrol boat 41 1917 later Roaring Forty
224739 No. 861 US Navy patrol boat 41 1917 later Elsie III
221523 No. 865 US Navy patrol boat 41 1917 later Jonah
223928 No. 867 US Navy patrol boat 41 1917 later Mitzi
US Navy patrol boat 41 1917 later Lizzie XVIII
US Navy patrol boat 41 1918 later Comanche
US Navy patrol boat 41 1918 later Comfort
221458 SC-323 US Navy subchaser 110 5 Dec 2017 sold 1921 as Ranger
SC-324 US Navy subchaser 110 13 Dec 2017 sold 1921
SC-325 US Navy subchaser 110 13 Dec 2017 sold 1921
235650 SC-326 US Navy subchaser 110 10 Dec 2017 sold 1935 as North Sea
SC-327 US Navy subchaser 110 12 Dec 2017 to Italy 1919
SC-376 US Navy subchaser 110 27 Sep 2018 to France as C-74
SC-377 US Navy subchaser 110 9 Jun 2018 to France as C-59
SC-378 US Navy subchaser 110 9 Jun 2018 to France as C-63
SC-379 US Navy subchaser 110 9 Jun 2018 to France as C-53
SC-380 US Navy subchaser 110 27 Sep 2018 to France as C-75
218587 Bathalum USSB icebreaking tugboat 150 Aug 1919
218588 Bathgate USSB icebreaking tugboat 150 Sep 1919 sold 1947 as Sea Duke, scrapped 1953
218908 Battleboro USSB icebreaking tugboat 150 Oct 1919
219142 Baymead USSB icebreaking tugboat 150 Nov 1919
Bacone USSB icebreaking tugboat 150 Dec 1919
219723 Baddacock USSB icebreaking tugboat 150 July 1920
219722 Bayport USSB icebreaking tugboat 150 Aug 1920
Bayside USSB icebreaking tugboat 150 Sep 1920
Bayspring USSB icebreaking tugboat 150 Oct 1920 later AT-60, then YNG-19, sold 1947
Beach Haven USSB icebreaking tugboat 150 Nov 1920 later Cahokia (AT-61), then YT-135 and YTB-135, sold 1947
223163 Sea Hornet III US Navy torpedo boat 55 1920 later Com-An-Go
219764 Haida Max Fleischman yacht 145 1920
221363 Techomate tugboat 127 1921
221364 Toteco Int'l. Petroleum tugboat 127 1921 later Walling, to USN 1942 as Accelerate (ARS-30)
224977 Spare Time Julius Philipson power boat 53 1921
222081 Miramar Louis Eisenlohr houseboat 101 1922
222622 Bird S. Coler City of New York ferry 90 1922 later Fordham, to USN 1942 as Lacosta (YFB-58)
Built by T. A. Kyle Shipyard
Various Various cruisers 38 1923-24
Various Various sloops 23 1923-24
Various Various rowboats 12 1923-24
Various Various sloops 14 1923-24
Various Various sloops 23 1923-24
225053 James V. Crawford Peninsula Term. Co. ferry 95 1925 later J. N. Lummus, Islander
Cecile Wallace Collins cruiser 38 1925
Miriam II W. D. Warner cruiser 38 1925
236075 Gleam C. V. Kozlay yawl 47 1926 later Charlotte II, Gleam
Harlem Y.C. launch 31 1926
Almanar II Joseph S. Carreau cruiser 38 1927
Valgerda II Mrs. William Isom aux. cutter 43 1927
Alana ketch 58 1931 later Analga and Janane Lee
Comet W. Lageman power boat 30 1932
Gosling C. Taylor cutter 27 1933
Various Various sloops 14 1933
Various Various sloops 18 1933
F-50-1073 US Air Force power boat 89 1936
sloop 23 1937
Nedumo Henry M. Devereux yawl 46 1938
Killdeer John Miegs aux. ketch 38 1939
Built by Murphy Shipyard
YFN-354 US Navy covered lighter 109 1943
YFN-355 US Navy covered lighter 109 1943
YFN-356 US Navy covered lighter 109 1943
YFN-357 US Navy covered lighter 109 1943
YFN-358 US Navy covered lighter 109 1943
YFN-394 US Navy covered lighter 109 1943
YFN-395 US Navy covered lighter 109 1943
YFN-664 US Navy covered lighter 109 1944
YFN-665 US Navy covered lighter 109 1944
YFN-666 US Navy covered lighter 109 1944
YFN-667 US Navy covered lighter 109 1944
YFN-824 US Navy covered lighter 109 1944
YFN-825 US Navy covered lighter 109 1944
YFN-826 US Navy covered lighter 109 1944

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